Wambeam v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Iowa
1Opinion of the CourtAlbert, J.
— Motion to direct a verdict at the close of all of the testimony was sustained in this case on two grounds ma-ferial to our consideration: (1) .That the defendant was not guilty of negligence, and (2) that plaintiff, Was guilty of contributory negligence.
As to the first ground, to wit, that defendant was not guilty of negligence, we have to say that the court erred in so ruling, because a slight review of the testimony shows beyond doubt that the question of the negligence of the defendant was a jury question. As to the ground of contributory negligence, serious attention must be given…
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